I mean, you do have the Arizona Cardinals with the best record in the NFL. The Miami Dolphins suddenly look like they can be competent for certain stretches of time. One of those times including a game against my Chargers. Both the Colts and Eagles (depending on Nick Foles’ status) seem competent enough to being contenders. Even the Steelers have figured a few things out behind Ben Roethlisberger treating the last two games like he met them in a dive bar bathroom. But I think it’s fair to say that the Broncos and Patriots, fulfilling a narrative wet dream on a continual basis, had to have been considered the two best teams. At least until the Patriots destroyed the Broncos yesterday afternoon. While I’m a constant palm-facer when it comes to Peyton Manning’s “cold-weather” narrative, it seems that his “can’t beat the Patriots” narrative may have something to it. Also, there are way too many narratives. Please no more narratives. That being said, despite having their own problems early in the season, the Patriots have seemingly maintained their status as one of the top teams in the NFL, if not the top team. Now that you’ve figured that part out, for the love of god, can you give the ball to Shane Vereen more? Is that too much to ask?

Bobby Rainey – 19 CAR, 87 YDS and 1 REC, 34 YDS. So I’d like to take a moment to thank the Buccaneers being terrible at everything, except at trolling fantasy owners. With Charles Sims expecting to start up until game time, of course Bobby Rainey is your leading rusher. And then I’m sure next week, when we’ve all bought Rainey back, Lovie Smith will put him on the bench for the rest of the game after a dropped pass or something. Never change Bucs, never change.

Cardinals – 28, Cowboys 17

Larry Fitzgerald – 5 REC, 70 YDS. Every so often, I think Palmer shakes off the CTE and remembers that he has Fitzgerald on his team.

Michael Floyd – 4 REC, 36 YDS. No, actually, I changed my mind. He might actually still have the CTE. If he were thinking clearly, he’d throw it deep to the faster guy in Floyd.

John Carlson – 2 REC, 19 YDS, 1 TD. John Carlson is the best Tight End to share a name with the average member of your cousin’s church.

Brandon Weeden – 18/33, 183 YDS, 1 TD, 2 INT and 2 CAR, 2 YDS. I thought the greatest drop-off between a starter and a backup was Eli Maning and Curtis Painter. I think I might have to revisit my findings after yesterday’s game.

DeMarco Murray – 19 CAR, 79 YDS and 4 REC, 11 YDS. So, this was the first game of the season that Murray didn’t rush for 100 yards, correct? So much for the Weeden dynasty.

Dez Bryant – 2 REC, 15 YDS, 1 TD. Some of those “attempted” passes from Weeden to Bryant were so off, they shouldn’t have even been scored as targets.

Eagles – 31, Texans – 21

Nick Foles – 10/13, 124 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT and 1 CAR, 1 YDS. Because of Foles’ clavicle injury in the second quarter of yesterday’s game, we’ve now had the NFC East Quarterback backup trifecta of Brandon Weeden, Colt McCoy, and Mark Sanchez seeing playing time in the last week. Giants, your move… On Foles, there haven’t been any updates as of this posting, but being ruled out to return almost immediately is telling in itself. If the bone is broken, this will be significant time missed.

Arian Foster – 15 CAR, 56 YDS and 2 REC, 63 YDS, 1 TD. If you told me that Arian Foster would injure himself untouched and then randomly stopping and falling over, then limping away, I would have said yes, the chances of this event are very high. It’s undisclosed, but let’s call it his hamstring, because what else could it be? I would get your Alfred Blue (7 CAR, 13 YDS, 1 REC, -3 YDS) engines and alcohol ready to go.

Jets – 10, Chiefs – 24

Michael Vick – 21/28, 196 YDS, 1 TD and 4 CAR, 18 YDS. He briefly exited in the fourth quarter, probably trying to trigger his disability insurance, or, at the very least, tried to get as far away from the Jets dumpster fire.

Cordarrelle Patterson – 1 REC, 9 YDS. This Bridgewater/Patterson duo seems more like the Edward/Bella duo from Twilight. Something that has zero chemistry, and melts your eyes with acid if you watch it.

Danny Amendola – 2 REC, 35 YDS. Crazy, Amendola doubled his number of catches in the past three years yesterday. You’re right, I’m exaggerating a bit. In actuality, those catches are the only ones he remembers from the past three years.

Joe Flacco – 30/45, 303 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INT. Most elite game? Or mostest elite game that was ever elited? I say all of the elites.

Steve Smith – 5 REC, 36 YDS. In the spirit of political ad-season coming to a merciful end on Tuesday, here’s what Steve Smith’s would look like: “Hi, I’m Steve Smith Sr. and I’m running for Congress, and I’d like your… HEY! What the F*CK YOU LOOKIN’ AT? I’LL KILL YOU!”

So now after Ben raped the ravens d the score is me 88.2 and him with 105.22 so he is leading by about 17 pts. Who do you think will win I have TY Hilton, Odell Beckham Jr., and Larry Donnell while he has A mad Bradshaw.

Hey Jay, so in my 10team non-ppr, the trade I offered this week (my Edelman for his K Allen) was JUST approved! Ha, go figure, Edelman is lighting up my bench and now he is shipped off for K Allen due to the upset of the CHargers in Miami….so did I still get the better end of this deal?

Also, I droped Dalton and picked up Bryant…but Sims and Landry are also available…did I make the right waiver pickup this week? I could definitely use WR help as I have Cobb, Allen, A Johnson, Cooks, Sanu & Beckham (& at RB I Have Murray, R Jennings, Ingram, McKinnon, & Matthews)

For defense week 10, I grabbed Baltimore vs. Tenn…there is also Dallas @ Jax & Lions v. Miami available….did I make right defensive stream pickup? Pitt was grabbed right after me against my Jets next week too..

Lastly Donnell is a free agent and I need a Witten fill-in for week 11, but I dont think I want to drop Cooks, Andre Johnson or M Bryant for him as these are my worst right now…right? Wait for end of week 10 for TE pickup??

Yo Jay- My team is sinking fast. Drafted Peterson, Spiller, and Moreno. I am left with Hillman. Picked up Simms and Fred Jackson. My WRs are Julio Jones, Jordy, M. Bryant, Hawkins,Floyd, Josh Gordon. Should I look to trade Jordy for RB help and who should I target? Thanks

10-tm dynasty, 6pt pass TD. I had Cutler and Ryan coming into the year and felt pretty good about it. Knowing they both had a wk 9 bye, I grabbed Ben a couple weeks ago, which has worked out OK. Then, someone dropped Manziel due to a roster crunch and I picked up for his dynasty/possible late season value, as I had a roster spot from a 2-for-1 trade (welcome to the squad, Megatron!). Now I have 4 QBs, which is dumb. Will have to trade or drop at least one of these guys. Ryan seems obvious, but he’s the youngest of the vets and with a healthy line is probably the best next year. Will put all on the block and see if there are any bites, but if you had a choice, 1) which 2 do you want ROS? 2) which 2 do you want next year and beyond? Here are their ROS schedules thru wk 16:

How much of a difference do you see between Olsen and Gronk ROS? I sort of want to package Olsen with another piece to get Gronk, but I’m not sure what level of piece to include. Jonas Gray? DeAndre Hopkins? Or should I just hold with Olsen and trust that this past week represented an unusually large gap between the two.

10 team need a fill in for rivery next week….6th for passing td. Sanchez/tannehill/romo on wire.. ..Also who do I drop stacy or edelman? Would you lose both to grab one of martavis bryant/blue/Mike evans?

I have Hilton and Bradshaw going tonight. He has TRich, Indy, and Greg Toler. He’s up 1.16. It’s a 0.5 PPR – 3 point bonus at 85 yards rec/100 yards rush – 6 point bonus at 135 yards rec/150 yards rush. Should I cry myself to sleep tonight if I don’t win? If I pull this out, I’m 8-1 with a 2 game lead going into Week 10.

glennon vs ATL
or
butt fumble vs CAR?
also, is natty light ice (ryan) oozing his way into being streamer level, like these guys
sanchize/glennon/hoyer/orton/dalton/tannehill etc? If so, this is the type of thing that looks great when done well, having a team that does well by QB streaming (it’s also not easy to be consistently good at it on a week to week basis)

week 10 TE decisions, 1 one league without reed and other had clay harbor.
owen D vs TEN (got used again yesterday)
rivera vs DEN (dude’s been heavily used last 2 weeks, and OAK will have to throw whole game here)
harbor vs DAL

Hating life today I traded gronk Ellington and Ruben randle for Forsett Olsen and Calvin Johnson what a dummy I am. I was looking ahead my only hope is that Calvin is a beast when he returns. Would you feel ok with this ?

Flowers misses his old glasses, but he's ok thosays:
November 3, 2014 at 2:57 pm (link)